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Dutch style town houses in Holland Village, a 600 acre re-creation of a Dutch city on the outskirts of Shenyang lies in ruins as a monument to corruption in China. Yang, a Dutch passport, got hooked on Holland while studying horticulture at Leiden University. Yang, who built the village with some of ill gotten millions, now languishes in jail and the town that is composed of several monumental buildings, plus windmills, artificial lakes, canals, a fullsize sailing ship, 1400 luxury apartments...more »

Dutch style town houses in Holland Village, a 600 acre re-creation of a Dutch city on the outskirts of Shenyang lies in ruins as a monument to corruption in China. Yang, a Dutch passport, got hooked on Holland while studying horticulture at Leiden University. Yang, who built the village with some of ill gotten millions, now languishes in jail and the town that is composed of several monumental buildings, plus windmills, artificial lakes, canals, a fullsize sailing ship, 1400 luxury apartments and even an indoor beach.« less